Apart — Kevin at the dock, Jenny at the woods

Midday Work

Kevin is at the dock testing the Yanmar engine, while Jenny is in the woods gathering foraging samples.

Kevin pulled the starter motor from the Yanmar to inspect the bendix engagement and splines, finding them worn but functional. Jenny returned from the woods after completing a detailed sketch of the purlane leaves in her notebook.

🔧 Kevin — alone at the dock

You stand beside the dinghy, the engine’s fan whirring faintly. You try to pull the throttle forward, but the engine stalls after a few seconds, leaving you with a half‑started engine and a sense of frustration.

🔧 Kevin17:22

Kevin — pull starter motor off Yanmar, inspect bendix engagement and spline wear

💭 peek at the thought

Engine caught, ran three seconds, died. Click on restart — starter bendix still not engaging clean. Fuel's getting there, compression's good. It's the bendix or the battery's too low to spin it fast enough under compression. Need to pull the starter, check the bendix splines again, or hand-crank it to test compression without the starter drag.

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🔧 Kevin17:26

Just a quick check, come on.

remove starter motor from Yanmar, inspect bendix splines, clean contacts, re‑install and test manually.

💭 peek at the thought

I’ll pull the starter off, clean the bendix shaft, re‑align the splines, and test the starter by hand. If it spins freely, the issue is the startup motor’s wear; if it still stalls, the engine’s internal compression is lower than I thought.

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🌿 Jenny — alone at the woods

You walk through the shaded understory, the air damp and cool. You pick a handful of mustard and purslane, noting their leaves before realizing you are still too far from the northern shelf you planned to map.

🌿 Jenny17:20

Jenny — make a quick sketch of the purlane leaves in the notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

The wind is picking up; I can smell the salt getting sharper. I need to get back before the tide turns.

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🌿 Jenny17:24

Jenny — walk back toward the cottage.

💭 peek at the thought

My stomach is starting to growl again. I should check the wayets before they get cold.

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a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.